Month 2 Results

Friday, November 16, 2012

Month 2 Results

I began my diet on September 20.

It has been less than two months and I am down 20 pounds.

Yay!!!

The second month was not as successful as the first.

A lot of factors played into that.

First, I wasn't as focused.

I wasn't sure what I was going to do when the food ran out.

I didn't know if I was full-on dieting, or starting to wean myself off of the food.

I fell into a trap of doing a messy combination of the two.

I am pretty sure that is a huge factor in my slowed weight loss.

Also, I started allowing myself a lot more indulgences.

I ate the food served at a birthday party, a relief society activity, a baby blessing and more.

I was just more relaxed in my approach.

Finally, I didn't monitor things as closely.

For the first few days I was frustrated with not losing as fast as I wanted.

I decided to stop obsessing and just let the weight come off in it's own time.

But I think I would have been better off to continue tracking things more frequently.

On Sunday night I ordered food for a third month.

I also started exercising this week.

I think I've lost more than two pounds just since then.

(five days)

I am recommitted to doing this diet exactly.

(Although I think I'm giving myself Thanksgiving day to be a normal non-dieting person.)

I don't know what will happen after the food from month 3 runs out.

But I just can't worry about that right now.

For now I am enjoying seeing the numbers continue to melt away.

Even with 20 lbs down, my goal is still to lose 42 more so there is still a long road ahead.

I'd like to get through the holiday season keeping things pretty strict.

I want to develop some long-term lifestyle changes.

I expect my weight loss will slow at that point, but it will be better in the long run.

I'm hoping to get to my half way point before I make the switch off Medifast, though.

That means my goal is to lose 11 more lbs before I wean off of Medifast.

Wish me luck!

1 comment:

UnknownNovember 19, 2012 at 1:41 PM
I am so impressed with your hard work. I love your dedication and I think you look wonderful. I hope your lesson went well yesterday. I would have loved to be there.
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